Ash sifter



Dec. 19, 1922. 1,439,436.

y L. G. NEUMAR.

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FILED MAR. 1i. 1922.

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LEWIS GERARD NEUMAR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ASH SIFTER.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS GERARD NEU- MAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Ash Sitter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ash sitters in that lit is used right in the stove in connection with the ash pan. It is composed of a box with outlets on the bottom, sides and ends, and .rests in the ash pa-n to receive the coal and ash when theV lire is dumped and then to be sitted, the ash `falling through the outlets on the bottom,sides and ends into the ash pan and the ashless burnable coal remaining in the receiver1 tobe put into a coal bucket and then into the lire again as needed.

I attain these yresults as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section; Figure 2 is a transverse section; and Figure 3 is a plan view.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

TheY lower part of the front and rear ends and sides ot the sitter are punched with holes, l, and the bottom with oblong shaped openings, 2, these holes and openings serving` as outlets for the ash.

The front and rear ends, 3, instead of slanting outwardly from the bottom of the sitter towards the topas the sides, 4, slightly slant inwardly toward the top. This is for the reason that as the ashes are forced through the outlets, the coal and ash at the Serial No. 544,474.

ends gradually fall to alower level, whereas if the ends were constructed with an outward slant toward the top the coal and ash would in some cases bunch up, by reason of the stirrerbeing pulled and pushed towards the ends. Y

The upper portion or" the sides, 5, are bent in at an angle of degrees, and then out again, 6, to keep the ash or coal Jfrom coining over the sides when in the act ot sifting.

The sittingy process is accomplished by the short forward and backward movements ot the stirrer, 7, the stirrer Working in a slide, 8, in the center of the bottom section of the sitter. The part of the stirrer protruding through the slide on the bottom, 9, will have a small hole to receive a cot-ter pin. This will keep the stirrer at the bottomas it goes forward and backward. The stirrerr rod slides in a slot, lO, in the front end. This rod can be brought through a similar slot in the door of the stoveopening to the `ash pan, thereby eliminating all dust in the room when using the stirrer.

I claim: i

An ash sitter, adapted to rest-in an ash pan of a stove, having perfor-ate upwardly and outwardly slant-ing sides, perforate upwardly and inwardly slanting front and rear ends and a perforate bottom, a stirrer adapt ed to move over the bottom toward and away from the slanting lends of said sifter to force ashes therethrough as and for the purpose described.

LEWIS GERARD NEUIIAR. 

